45,000 Meals to Flood Victims and First Responders

On August 14, 2016, several Louisiana Culinary Institute (LCI) chef instructors, students, alumni, and volunteers began doing what they do best. Over 45,000 meals were produced and donated to first responders, flood victims, and cleanup crews. Businesses and individuals from across the state and nation generously donated food to the LCI Foundation to make this possible: Sysco, Rouses, Hoffman Media, Manda Sausage, Camellia Beans, Gambino’s Bakery, Chisesi Brothers, Chappapeela Farms, Harry and David, Covey Rise Farms and many others.

The meals prepared by LCI were donated to the following shelters and organizations: Celtic Studios, Troop A Louisiana State Police, Baton Rouge Police Department, Baton Rouge EMS, Lighthouse Christian Fellowship, Mercy Chefs/Bethany World Prayer Center, Fellowship Baptist Church Prairieville, Louisiana National Guard Livingston, Red Cross Operations Center, Council on Aging Baton Rouge, French Settlement Catholic Church, River Center OLOL Medical Staff, Breaux Bridge Family Outreach, Livingston Emergency Preparedness, French Settlement Catholic Church, Fellowship Church Clinton, and Gonzales Mudout.